Pirates Of The Caribbean - Dead Man's Chest (DVD)

This movie is every bit as good as the first, if not better. The old characters are just as you remember them (with some changes in fortune for a couple), the new characters are wonderfully colorful and memorable, and the bad guys are delightfully evil and cunning. I loved the plot, I loved the way it played out. Jokes and snappy one-liners abound, just as witty as in the first. And, once again, Captain Jack Sparrow has one of the best introductions in movie history. The special effects were very good and everything looked realistic. The sword work was excellent, the fights both suspenseful and entertaining. And, there's a wonderful surprise at the end. If you want a movie that will make you think, this isn't really it. But, if you want a fun, entertaining movie that will take you away from reality for a little while, this is definitely the one for you. It's a great ride, and great fun !

Climb aboard for more thrilling high-seas adventures and immerse yourself in the rousing world of pirates!



Charming rogue pirate Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) is back for a grand, swashbuckling nonstop joyride filled with devilish pirate humour, monstrous sea creatures and breathtaking black magic. Now Jack's got a blood debt to pay-he owes his soul to the legendary Davy Jones, ghostly ruler of the ocean depths...but ever-crafty Jack isn't about to go down without a fight.

Along the way, dashing Will Turner (Orlando Bloom) and the beautiful Elizabeth Swann (Keira Knightly) get caught up in the thrilling whirlpool of misadventures stirred up in Jack's quest to avoid eternal damnation by seizing the fabled Dead Man's Chest!

Film two the in the triolgy, a must see!

"Drink up, me hearties!" "Pirates of the Caribbean" was never intended to be a series, but the sheer success of the first movie made a sequel inevitable. Fortunately, "Dead Man's Chest" retains the same excellent creative team and cast, and attempts to make a pirate movie so bold it will even top its predecessor.

With the first movie having already mined so many staples of the pirate genre, it's hard to see how the sequel could go further. But go further it did, with a heady brew of real history mixed with old-fashioned sailors' tall tales. Thus, we have the inspired creation of Davy Jones, the spirit of the sea, as incarnated by Bill Nighy beneath a ton of CGI. Jones looks amazing, his head formed of an octopus, his beard of tentacles, and his ship similarly half made of marine life.

Then, too, a new villain in the form of Lord Cutler Beckett, slimy head of the East India Trading Company. Beckett wants to exterminate piracy - it's just good business.

Trying to escape these twin menaces gives Johnny Depp's Jack Sparrow the chance to indulge in some fantastic set pieces including a three handed swordfight on a runaway water wheel and an appointment with a cannibal tribe's cooking pot!

The cast are as much fun as ever, Depp in particular finding new angles for his likeable comic rogue. Orlando Bloom's Will Turner is also well-fleshed out, with a new, shadowy agenda.

It's a long movie, but an unremitting rollercoaster ride of fun too. Yo ho ho!

ok so the films great, but only if youve seen the first.
its the filler, the bit you need to know before film 3...
If you just plan on watching it then no... great graphics, funny bla bla bla sure
but it really is just the filler for the 3rd film, i went away having seen this feeling very disopointed as it gave away little secrets to any answers i had from the 1st, which aparently the 3rd film does.

It's fascinating to read through other comments and notice that the majority of people commenting seem to either really hate or really love the movie, with very few voices in between.

It's really quite easy: This is a Disney movie. Movies as a whole don't stick to the truth, not even those which claim they're telling a true story. You don't go into a Disney movie expecting to hear a true story (unless your grip on reality is severely weak to nonexistent), but you look for enchantment, for lurid characters, for great laughs, for something that gives you a tingly feeling of compassion or excitement... for getting transported into a different world where anything is possible.

That of the three POTC movies the first one only managed to touch upon any kind of truth about the real pirates of the Caribbean isles and pirate life in general, should be obvious now. It provided a humorous and exciting introduction to the characters and locations. It was tepid amusement with a pirate overtone and some inspired acting. Fun for the whole family. One doesn't need to think, just be able to laugh and be carried away with the story.

The second movie was a bit more convoluted. It introduced some new characters, some new locations, and provided the main characters with an opportunity to flesh out their own story, to add some depth. It was at times a little boring, not because of its plot, but simply because it seemed to add some superfluous story lines (the cannibals).

At World's End brought all those characters together, and showed the necessary continuance of their character development. Elizabeth had been the adventurous heroine drawn to a charming rogue, then had the ground pulled out from under her feet and became a fugitive and something of a pirate herself. The side she had been on turned into the enemy, and she had to make do with what was left to her, to survive. She never was the quiet withdrawn type - she's crafty and courageous, and that turned her into what she became in the third movie. The same goes for Will, who had only been fighting for his love, to find that on shaky ground. He came face to face with his father who had abandoned him, and since he thought his love had left him, he shifted his ambitions to the rescue of his father. Similarly, everyone else in the movie are following their own ambitions in whichever way they can - so what we get are plots and subplots, everyone crossing everyone else, in a wonderfully crazy way. Throw in some myths turned flesh (Davy Jones and Calypso) and the ruthlessness of the East India Trading Company's designs, and you've got 3 hours of fun.

This isn't a movie for people who just want easy action, and it's definitely not a kids movie. Some of the plots and jokes are extremely subtle. The movie takes some of the lose ends of the previous two movies, adds some more - and manages to solve most of them. It also leaves some others open to speculation and possibly more movies to follow. The best way to watch this movie is to sit back and simply keep an open mind, expect the unexpected. The writers took some amazing leaps of faith in their actors, and made some unusual choices. The idea that Jack being banned to Davy Jones' locker would mean he'd have to captain a Black Pearl full of alternate versions of himself, and even when returned to life he would retain some of this unstable mindset - that was a stroke of genius added to the movie.

Sequels are generally poorer and Dead Man's Chest is no exception to the rule.

This movie has a good star cast, great special effects, some drama, some romance and scary villains making it in theory a perfect blockbuster.

But the truth is that the story is very weak and you never seem to get carried away by the movie. Expect some fun by watching this movie but don't get your hopes too high up.

Good watch for all the family,i have 4 children of different ages and it was enjoyed by all.Great fantasy adventure,anybody into pirates will be hooked by the battle scenes and great storyline.Try to watch the first adventure or you will struggle with the story.Both films are now at the right price happy days Rob...

It is always hard to compete with an original film, yet the second installment is fantastic. It doesn't quite emulate the original but it has lots of action and is full of enjoyment.

It is a nice film to pass a couple of hours in the evening and I would probably grade it as about average.

Basic cast/plot -
Captain Jack Sparrow returns in this rip-roaring, sea-faring sequel to the colossal hit, CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL. Reunited with Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann, Sparrow must face his greatest adversary yet - the nautically naughty Davey Jones. Directed by Gore Verbinski, DEAD MAN'S CHEST is every bit as exiting as it's predecessor and sets the scene for part three in the trilogy, AT WORLDS END

An excellent action and adventure Gripping film. great graphics and make-up : looks so real. I recomend that you get the 2-disc special edition as it is full of 5 hours of bonus features and you get to see how the character David Jones is created. In my opinion this is a great film, an a class for me.

Again, this one is getting a 5/5 from me, if there was an option for 6/5, this would get it 100%

Even better than the first film of the trilogy and an even great story line. I'd also suggest that you get the 2 disk special in this one, the extras on this DVD are very good and well worth a watch for the extra bit of money.

If you have not seen the first film then make sure that you watch that first, but ensure this is in your DVD collection.

this film was fantastic i can not believe this film was so good. i loved it. the costumes were great the plot was great and just everythink about the film was great. i am so looking forward to the next film and i can wait for it.

I love the all Pirate films, which I went to the cinema to see. Johnny Depp is brilliant as Captain Jack Sparrow, he can play any character. I just had to have the trilogy to watch at leisure whenever the mood takes me. My family love watching too.

Captain Jack is back, and so is almost everyone else in this bloated sequel to the 2003 blockbuster. Once again, Johnny Depp's staggering pirate teams up with dashing swordsman Will Turner (Orlando Bloom) and his irritating fiancée (Keira Knightley) to fight soggy evil, here personified by Bill Nighy in a squid suit. A complicated plot involving a mysterious key and Will's seafood-wearing dad fights for space between relentless action sequences in a film so overloaded that it threatens to capsize.

One thing you should know before you go in: Dead Man's Chest is the first of two sequels shot back to back, with the final instalment due next May. It is, in other words, The Matrix Reloaded with shellfish. This might go some way towards explaining the tangle of storylines that director Gore Verbinski leaves unresolved at the climax, but after two and a half hours of sea monsters and shouting, you may be past caring.

"EXHAUSTING WHEN IT SHOULD BE THRILLING"

The problem here is too much money and not enough wit. The script's not so much a story as a tin of sardines, cramming every barnacle-crusted cliché from the pirate lexicon into a single box: giant sea monster, voodoo princess, desert island, angry cannibals, black spot, peg leg, buried treasure, ghost ship... it's exhausting when it should be thrilling. The same, sadly, is true of Johnny Depp's Captain Jack, whose incessant camping up of every single line eventually makes you want to punch him. Bloom and Knightley are mere planks for Depp to strut across, and the only performer you warm too, ironically enough, is Nighy's crustacean villain.

My son who is 7 wanted this DVD. He has seen all 3 Pirates' films and already had the 1st one. After seeing No3 at the cinema he requested No2 as it had been over a year since he had seen it. He loves it and has watched it many times. I enjoyed the film myself although it is quite long and dark. Johnny Depp it great and a real 'character'. An excellent actor, dishy too, as is Orlando Bloom. Young viewers may find some parts, and the villans, a little scary. Overall though a great film for all the family. When No3 comes out we will be purchasing that for sure.

Fanastic film and as good as the first one. I bought this as I watched the first one and loved it. It's a very good film with brilliant actors and a good storyline.

I decided to buy it because it was a good offer and I was very pleased with what I got. I don't have anything that I dislike about this item.

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Loved the first film!! This could have been better but Orlando Bloom & Johnny Depp star in it so a Fab film really! :P but is a good film! Some jokes they try too hard with but is still a must see!! POTC 1 & 3 are my fav!!

This was a great film and kept me entertaind thouh out the whole time i was viewing it. great film and quality recording.

It's took me a while to getting round to watching "Dead man's chest" on TV, & I wish i'd seen it sooner. Absolutely fabulous. The action, everything. Just love Jonny Depp. 2nd in a great trilogy & no:4 about to be made. Can't wait.

Superb - Johnny Deep at his best as Captain Sparrow. Get all three DVDs of the triology for maximum enjoyment.

what can one say about this film but excellant
the second best film to be made as good as the first and better in itself
can watch again and again and not get bored